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Catherine Cranston (27 May 1849 – 18 April 1934), widely known as Kate Cranston or Miss Cranston, was a leading figure in the development of tea rooms. She is nowadays chiefly remembered as a major patron of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret MacDonald , in Glasgow , Scotland.
Catherine Cranston (27 de mayo de 1849 - 18 de abril de 1934), ampliamente conocida como Kate Cranston o Miss Cranston , fue una figura destacada en el desarrollo de los salones de té . Hoy en día se la recuerda principalmente como una de las principales mecenas de Charles Rennie Mackintosh y Margaret MacDonald , en Glasgow , Escocia.
- Family Influence
- The “New Woman”
- Art Tea Rooms
Catherine Cranston was born in her father’s hotel in Glasgow in George Square in 1849 to George and Grace Cranston. This was a new age of Victorian progress, with a flourishing industrial market. The family in general had ties to the hospitality and hotel industry but, most notably was George’s cousin, Robert Cranston, who opened the first temperan...
In 1878 Catherine Cranston opens the Crown Tea and Luncheon Room, named after her families old (now non-existent) hotel, at 106 – 114 Argyle Street. It is interesting to note here that she listed herself as C. Cranston. This removes the status of gender that would have men first, regardless of their surname, then married women and finally would lis...
In 1888, Glasgow held an international exhibition that would prove to be incredibly inspirational to the city’s architectural and artistic development. An enormous domed building was erected in Kelvingrove Park, surrounded by beautiful smaller structures of eastern design influence. As the city began preparing itself for an influx of visitors by to...
Mackintosh Architecture: Biography. Miss Catherine (Kate) Cranston. Client. Catherine Cranston (1849–1934) was a prominent businesswoman and patron of design in Glasgow. From small beginnings she established four suites of commercially successful and artistically distinguished tea rooms in the city centre.
Early in his career, in 1896, Mackintosh met Catherine Cranston (widely known as Kate Cranston or simply Miss Cranston), an entrepreneurial local businesswoman who was the daughter of a Glasgow tea merchant and a strong believer in temperance .
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- Art Nouveau
5 de ago. de 2018 · Catherine Cranston was the tea room queen The Willow Tea Rooms are now recognised as a masterpiece of Mackintosh design but when they opened in 1903 they were branded with Miss Cranston's...
Catherine Cranston, widely known as Kate Cranston or Miss Cranston, was a leading figure in the development of tea rooms. She is nowadays chiefly remembered as a major patron of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret MacDonald, in Glasgow, Scotland. Margaret MacDonald.
